British Independent Film Awards 2016

Die 19. Verleihung d​er British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) f​and am 4. Dezember 2016 i​m Old Billingsgate i​n London statt. Sie w​urde von d​er britischen Schauspielerin u​nd Drehbuchautorin Jennifer Saunders moderiert.

Andrea Arnold bei den Filmfestspielen von Cannes 2012

Erfolgreichster Film d​es Jahres w​ar das britisch-amerikanische Filmdrama American Honey, d​as bei fünf Nominierungen d​en Award i​n den Kategorien Bester Film, Beste Schauspielerin (Sasha Lane), Beste Technik (Robbie Ryan (Kamera)) u​nd beste Regie (Andrea Arnold) gewinnen konnte.[1] Das siebenfach nominierte Filmdrama I, Daniel Blake v​on Regisseur Ken Loach gewann d​en Award lediglich i​n den Kategorien Best Actor (Dave Johns) u​nd Most Promising Newcomer (Hayley Squires).

In diesem Jahr w​urde der Award i​n zwei n​euen Kategorien vergeben: Breakthrough Producer, u​m vielversprechende Talente u​nter den Produzenten hervorzuheben u​nd Debut Screenwriter für Erstlingswerke a​ls Drehbuchautor.[2]

Jury

Die Jurys d​er Awards setzen s​ich 2016 w​ie folgt zusammen:

• Hauptjury: Edith Bowman, Roger Charteris, Robbie Collin, Mark Herbert, Allon Reich, Tessa Ross, Peter Straughan, Abigail Tartellin und Chris Wyatt
• Debut Screenwriter: Paddy Breathnach, Moira Buffini, Sally El Hosaini, Olivia Hetreed, Cynthia Okoye, Michael Thomas III und Daniel Wolfe
• Debut Director: Paddy Breathnach, Moira Buffini, Sally El Hosaini, Cynthia Okoye, Anand Tucker und Daniel Wolfe
• Breakthrough Producer: Ruth Caleb, Robert Jones, Elisabeth Karlsen, Rachel Robey und Gareth Ellis-Unwin
• Most Promising Newcomer: Roger Allam, Lucy Bevan, James D'Arcy, Anna Friel, Amy Hubbard und Lesley Manville

Nominierungen und Preise

Preis	Originalbezeichnung	Nominierungen	Preisträger
Bester britischer Independentfilm	Best British Independent Film	American Honey Couple in a Hole I, Daniel Blake Notes on Blindness Under the Shadow	American Honey
Bester internationaler Independentfilm	Best International Independent Film	Hunt for the Wilderpeople – Taika Waititi, Carthew Neal, Matt Noonan, Leanne Saunders Manchester by the Sea – Kenneth Lonergan, Kimberly Steward, Matt Damon, Chris Moore, Lauren Beck, Kevin J. Walsh Moonlight – Barry Jenkins, Adele Romanski, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner Mustang – Deniz Gamze Ergüven, Alice Winocour, Charles Gillibert Toni Erdmann – Maren Ade, Janine Jackowski, Jonas Dornbach, Michel Merkt	Moonlight
Beste britische Dokumentation	Best Documentary	The Confession: Livin the War on Terror – Ashish Ghadiali, James Rogan Dancer – Steven Cantor, Gabrielle Tana The Hard Stop – George Amponsah, Dionne Walker Notes on Blindness – Peter Middleton, James Spinney, Mike Brett, Jo-Jo Ellison, Steve Jamison, Alex Usborne Versus: The life and Films of Ken Loach – Louise Osmond, Rebecca O’Brien	Notes on Blindness
Bester britischer Kurzfilm	Best British Short	Jacked – Rene Pannevis, Ashish Ghadiali, Jennifer Eriksson Mother – Leo Leigh, Scott O’Donnell Over – Jörn Threlfall, Jeremy Bannister Rate Me – Fyzal Boulifa, Taina Galis The Wrong End of the Stick – Terri Matthews, Chris Cornwell, Sam Bank	Jacked
Bester Schauspieler	Best Actor	Shia LaBeouf – American Honey Max Records – I Am Not A Seriel Killer Dave Johns – I, Daniel Blake Steve Brandon – My Feral Heart Michael Fassbender – Trespass Against Us	Dave Johns – I, Daniel Blake
Beste Schauspielerin	Best Actress	Jodie Whittaker – Adult Life Skills Sasha Lane – American Honey Kate Dickie – Couple in a Hole Hayley Squires – I, Daniel Blake Narges Rashidi – Under the Shadow	Sasha Lane – American Honey
Bester Nebendarsteller	Best Supporting Actor	Arinzé Kene – The Pass Brett Goldstein – Adult Life Skills Christopher Lloyd – I Am Not a Serial Killer Jamie Dornam – Anthropoid Sean Harris – Trespass Against Us	Brett Goldstein – Adult Life Skills
Beste Nebendarstellerin	Best Supporting Actress	Avin Manshadi – Under the Shadow Gemma Arterton – The Girl with All the Gifts Naomie Harris – Our Kind of Traitor Shana Swash – My Feral Heart Terry Pheto – A United Kingdom	Avin Manshadi – Under the Shadow
Bester Newcomer	Most Promising Newcomer	Dave Johns – I, Daniel Blake Hayley Squires – I, Daniel Blake Letitia Wright – Urban Hymn Sennia Nanua – The Girl with All the Gifts Steve Brandon – My Feral Heart	Hayley Squires – I, Daniel Blake
Beste Regie	Best Director	Andrea Arnold – American Honey Ben Wheatley – Free Fire Ken Loach – I, Daniel Blake James Spinney, Pete Middleton – Notes on Blindness Babak Anvari – Under the Shadow	Andrea Arnold – American Honey
Douglas Hickox Award	The Douglas Hickox Award (Debut Director)	Adam Smith – Trespass Against Us Alice Lowe – Prevenge Babak Anvari – Under the Shadow Peter Middleton, James Spinney – Notes on Blindness Rachel Tunnard – Adult Life Skills	Babak Anvari – Under the Shadow
Bestes Drehbuch	Best Screenplay	Rachel Tunnard – Adult Life Skills Andrea Arnold – American Honey Christopher Hyde, Billy O'Brien – I Am Not A Seriel Killer Paul Laverty – I, Daniel Blake Babak Anvari – Under the Shadow	Babak Anvari – Under the Shadow
Breakthrough Producer (neu 2016)	Breakthrough Producer	Camille Gatin – The Girl with All the Gifts Dionne Walker – The Hard Stop Michael Berliner – Adult Life Skills Mike Brett, Jo-Jo Ellison, Steve Jamison – Notes on Blindness Paul Fegan – Where You’re Meant to Be	Camille Gatin – The Girl with All the Gifts
Bestes Drehbuchdebüt (neu 2016)	Best Debut Screenwriter	Ed Talfan – The Passing Hope Dickson leach – The Levelling John Cairns und Michael McCartney – A Patch of Fog Rachel Tunnard – Adult Life Skills Simon Farnaby, Julian Barratt – Mindhorn	Rachel Tunnard – Adult Life Skills
Beste Technik	Outstanding Achievement in Craft	Joakim Sundström (Sound) – Notes on Blindness Paul Monaghan, Mat Whitecross (Schnitt) – Supersonic Robbie Ryan (Kamera) – American Honey Seb Baker (Visuelle Effekte) – The Girl with All the Gifts Shaneen Baig (Casting) – Free Fire	Robbie Ryan (Kamera) – American Honey
The Discovery Award	The Discovery Award (vormals The Raindance Award)	Black Mountain Poets – Jamie Adams, Jon Rennie The Darkest Universe – Tom Kingsley, Will Sharpe, Tiani Ghosh, Jo-Jo Ellison The Ghoul – Gareth Tunley, Jack Healy Guttmann, Tom Meeten Gozo – Miranda Bowen, Leo Scott The Greasy Strangler – Jim Hosking, Toby Harvard, Daniel Noah, Andrew Starke, Ant Timpson, Josh C. Waller, Elijah Wood	The Greasy Strangler

Weitere Preise

• Richards Harris Award – Alison Steadman
• The Variety Award – Naomie Harris

Weblinks

• Offizielle Seite zur Preisverleihung 2016

Einzelnachweise

1. American Honey shines at British Independent Film Awards. In: BBC News Online. BBC, 5. Dezember 2016, abgerufen am 5. Dezember 2016 (englisch).
2. BIFA: BIFA Breakthrough Producer 2016 Long List. In: https://www.bifa.film/. British Independent Film Awards, 20. Oktober 2016, abgerufen am 26. November 2016 (englisch).